Marketing · Culture · Growth

I study what makes people trust, choose, and act.

I’m Edward McFields, a revenue marketing leader and cultural-intelligence strategist. I build measurable growth systems, and study how language, history, and identity shape the way brands connect across markets.

7.36×
ROAS on a lean-budget acquisition campaign
$10M
Opportunity reactivated through nurture
3
Languages: English, Spanish, and French
10+ yrs
Revenue marketing and GTM experience

Ideas for leaders building growth across markets and cultures.

Short executive essays on revenue marketing, customer behavior, cultural intelligence, AI, and the systems behind measurable growth.

Marketing systems built to produce business outcomes.

A small selection of work across acquisition, nurture, CRM, brand development, and go-to-market execution.

01

Built a lean-budget acquisition engine for a new logistics brand

Created the paid-search strategy, landing-page architecture, conversion tracking, and weekly optimization process for a brand with no inherited demand or brand equity.

7.36× Return on ad spend
02

Turned a dormant audience into a high-value opportunity

Designed a segmented reactivation program based on account history, decision-maker role, and coordinated sales follow-through.

$10M Opportunity attributed to nurture
03

Built two full-stack marketing functions from zero

Developed brand positioning, websites, HubSpot architecture, campaigns, reporting, and demand systems for two B2B companies simultaneously.

2 brands One integrated operating system

Books are the beginning. Cultural intelligence is the business.

NoireLit is a multilingual platform exploring literature, history, identity, and the ideas shaping Latin American, Afro-Latino, Black Francophone, and African American audiences.

Through essays, interviews, close readings, and original research in English, Spanish, and French, NoireLit examines what changes when stories, products, and brands move across languages and cultures.

The long-term goal is to turn that depth into proprietary research, executive briefings, market strategy, and cultural-intelligence advisory work.

English Español Français
Research Beyond Translation How brands compete for Hispanic and Latin American audiences.
Editorial The Black Francophone World Writers, history, identity, and cultural influence across borders.
Advisory Cultural Growth Strategy Turning audience understanding into trust, acquisition, and revenue.

A marketer trained by complex businesses, lean budgets, and real accountability.

I have spent more than a decade working across financial services, manufacturing, food distribution, freight, and B2B services, industries where marketing has to explain complexity and prove its commercial value.

Most recently, I built the brand, website, CRM infrastructure, campaign systems, and reporting foundation for two logistics companies. Before that, I led digital marketing in wealth management, operating within a regulated environment where performance and compliance mattered equally.

I work across demand generation, GTM strategy, CRM architecture, analytics, AI-enabled workflows, content, and customer journeys. My edge is connecting these disciplines into one system rather than treating them as separate tactics.

I am based in Clayton, North Carolina, and open to senior marketing leadership, advisory, speaking, and cultural-intelligence opportunities.

Education M.A., Digital Communications University of Washington
Education B.A., Business Administration Colorado State University
Languages English · Spanish · French Professional multilingual communication
Technology HubSpot · Salesforce · GA4 CRM, automation, attribution, and reporting

Explaining complex ideas clearly, in rooms where decisions get made.

National Television

Small Business & AI Spokesperson

Discussed how small and mid-size businesses are adopting AI in practical, day-to-day operations.

Washington, D.C.

Congressional Briefing Participant

Participated in a congressional briefing focused on small business conditions and emerging technology.

Building a market, a brand, or a growth system?

I’m open to senior marketing leadership opportunities, consulting and cultural-intelligence engagements, research partnerships, and speaking inquiries.

edward@mcfields.me 206.550.1697 Clayton, North Carolina